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- 1 2 "On 'Ballad of Birmingham'", Modern American Poetry Site, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- ↑ "Jerry Moore – Life Is A Constant Journey Home" at Discogs.
- ↑ "The Ballad of Birmingham", Antiwar Songs.
- ↑ Dan Gutstein on Dudley Randall, Beltway: A Poetry Quarterly, Washingtonart.com.
